Means of transport: 坐/骑/开 + vehicle + 去
句型 / sentence patterns (连动句)
Tone colorsā tone 1á tone 2ǎ tone 3à tone 4a neutral
Subject + 坐 / 骑 / 开 + vehicle + 去 / 来 + place
Chinese chains two verbs in logical order: you "take the train" THEN you "go": 坐火车去上海. So the means comes before the movement.
The verb depends on the vehicle: 坐 for anything you sit in as a passenger (坐飞机, 坐地铁, 坐出租车, 坐公共汽车), 骑 for what you straddle (骑自行车, 骑马), 开 for what you drive (开车). On foot: 走路去.
To ask: 你怎么去？(How are you getting there?)
Examples
我们坐高铁去西安。
Wǒmen zuò gāotiě qù Xīān.We're going to Xi'an by high-speed train.
他每天骑自行车上班。
Tā měi tiān qí zìxíngchē shàngbān.He cycles to work every day.
你怎么去机场？打车去。
Nǐ zěnme qù jīchǎng? Dǎchē qù.How are you getting to the airport? By taxi.
我们走路去吧，不远。
Wǒmen zǒulù qù ba, bù yuǎn.Let's walk there, it's not far.
Common mistakes
✗ 我去上海坐火车 (sounds like "I go to Shanghai to take a train") → ✓ 我坐火车去上海.
✗ 坐自行车 → ✓ 骑自行车.